The show was shot in and around locations in Berlin, Germany. A suburb in east Berlin was used to portray period East Germany.For the scenes where the Stasi headquarters (in German, the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit) was required as the location, the production was able to use the Stasi Museum,Deutschland 83 Season 1 DVD which is the actual site of the original headquarters.Directors Edward Berger and Samira Radsi used the same crew—and oftentimes the same locations—to shoot their respective episodes. One director would prepare for shooting while the other was shooting. They worked in parallel like this throughout the filming of the show.Radsi said she knew producer Winger from working together on the popular German TV show, SOKO Leipzig.